Built Here. For Here.
Not built in a boardroom. Built in Fort McMurray.
ShiftBuddys was born in Fort McMurray — not in a Silicon Valley boardroom. We built it because we live this life, or we're close to people who do.
We saw what the University of Alberta researchers documented and what the Globe and Mail reported: oilsands workers have worse mental health, higher stress, and more family strain than the general population. And there was no app built for any of it.
Every feature in ShiftBuddys came from a real conversation with a real worker in this community. The countdown timer. The Coming Home Mode. The shift swap marketplace. The family journal. These aren't invented features — they're solutions to problems we heard over and over.
Our unfair advantage is simple: we're from here. When a worker in camp sees that this app was made by someone from their city, for their community — they trust it instantly. That trust is worth more than any marketing budget.
What we stand for.
Family First
Every feature is designed around the tension between work and home. We never forget what workers are counting down to.
Privacy Always
Your data belongs to you. Employers see anonymized trends only. This is non-negotiable and always will be.
Locally Built
We understand Fort McMurray culture in a way no outside company ever could. That authenticity is the foundation of everything.
Community Owned
ShiftBuddys succeeds when Fort McMurray workers and their families succeed. That's the only metric that matters.
The team.
Aman Debesay
Founder & CEO
Fort McMurray local. Built ShiftBuddys for the workers and families who make this community what it is.
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